HOw to return winodow directory from VFP? 1

[FranklinYeung]

Hi,

How can I get the window directory from VFP6? andy function to do this?


Many Thx.

Franklin

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Franklin

? SYS(2003)

Chris

 

[Walid]

Chris,
SYS(2003) will return the Current Directory not the Windows directory our friend Franklin was asking for!!

Franklin,

Use this code to return the windows directory..

DECL INTEGER GetWindowsDirectory IN KERNEL32 AS GetWinDir STRING @lcBuffer, Long lnSize
lcBuffer= SPACE(260)
lnSize  = 260
=GetWinDir(@lcBuffer,lnSize)
*// Now you have the windows directory in the string 
*// variable lcBuffer, You can test this by ...
? lcBuffer
*// Don't forget to free your memory
CLEAR DLLS

Hope this will help Walid Magd
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[ChrisRChamberlain]

Walid

I read Franklin's question to be "Where am I now in Windows?", hence the response.

Chris

 

[FranklinYeung]

Many thanks

I get it!!!

:-D

 

[ramani]

Hi Franklin,
The easiest way to return Eindows directory is to issue the command
MyWinDir = GETENV("windir&quot
? MyWinDir
ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
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[Walid]

Ramani,
Calling a native function is for sure more easy than using APIs, but GETENV() is not well documented in the help.
If you please can share your experience with us, basically what are the deferent parameters we can use with this function and where can we find documentation for that?
Thanks
Walid Magd
Engwam@Hotmail.com

 

[ramani]

Hi Walid,
When a person of your calibre is asking me to share the experience, I felt I should post it as a FAQ/Tips.
thread184-87044 is the result... I feel honoured..thanks.. ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[FranklinYeung]

Hi,

According to the VS Help, Is getenv will only return the dos environment parameter (path = ...) that specified in the autoexec.bat?

What if nothing in the autoexec.bat?


I am wondering about this.


Franklin

 

[Walid]

Thnaks Ramani
It is my pleasure to mark this thread as helpful one. It was helpful for me getting red of API call in my code.
Thanks Walid Magd
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